2000–01 Albanian National Championship

The 2000–01 Albanian National Championship was the 62nd season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.

Albanian National Championship

Season	2000–01
Dates	16 September 2000 – 19 May 2001
Champions	Vllaznia 9th Albanian title
Relegated	Skënderbeu Besa
Champions League	Vllaznia
UEFA Cup	Tirana Teuta
Intertoto Cup	Bylis
Matches played	182
Goals scored	476 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Indrit Fortuzi (31 goals)
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Teams

Stadia and last season

Apolonia

Besa

Besëlidhja

Bylis

Dinamo Tirana

Flamurtari

Luftëtari

Lushnja

Skënderbeu

Shkumbini

Teuta

Tirana

Tomori

Vllaznia

Locations of the 2000–01 Albanian National Championship teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Last season
Apolonia	Fier	Loni Papuçiu Stadium	10,000	11th
Besa	Kavajë	Besa Stadium	8,000	Kategoria e Dytë
Besëlidhja	Lezhë	Brian Filipi Stadium	5,000	Kategoria e Dytë
Bylis	Ballsh	Adush Muça Stadium	6,000	5th
Dinamo Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium[note 1]	19,700	10th
Flamurtari	Vlorë	Flamurtari Stadium	15,000	12th
Luftëtari	Gjirokastër	Gjirokastër Stadium	9,000	9th
Lushnja	Lushnjë	Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium	12,000	6th
Skënderbeu	Korçë	Skënderbeu Stadium	12,000	8th
Shkumbini	Peqin	Shkumbini Stadium	6,000	7th
Teuta	Durrës	Niko Dovana Stadium	12,040	3rd
Tirana	Tirana	Qemal Stafa Stadium	19,700	Champions
Tomori	Berat	Tomori Stadium	14,750	2nd
Vllaznia	Shkodër	Loro Boriçi Stadium	15,000	4th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vllaznia (C)	26	17	5	4	51	22	+29	56	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Tirana	26	16	6	4	56	13	+43	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3	Dinamo Tirana	26	15	7	4	43	21	+22	52
4	Bylis	26	12	6	8	31	28	+3	42	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Shkumbini	26	12	5	9	40	36	+4	41
6	Teuta	26	9	6	11	28	30	−2	33
7	Besëlidhja	26	9	6	11	34	41	−7	33
8	Luftëtari	26	9	5	12	31	33	−2	32
9	Lushnja	26	8	8	10	33	36	−3	32
10	Apolonia	26	8	6	12	28	42	−14	30
11	Flamurtari	26	8	5	13	26	33	−7	29
12	Tomori	26	8	4	14	33	48	−15	28
13	Besa (R)	26	6	6	14	16	37	−21	24	Relegation to the 2001–02 Kategoria e Dytë
14	Skënderbeu (R)	26	5	5	16	25	55	−30	20

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tirana qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Albanian Cup, therefore forfeiting their Intertoto Cup first round place that they had won.

Results

Home \ Away	APO	BES	BSL	BYL	DIN	FLA	LUF	LUS	SKË	SKU	TEU	TIR	TOM	VLL
Apolonia		3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–5	2–2	0–2
Besa	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Besëlidhja	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	5–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	6–3	1–1
Bylis	3–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Dinamo	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	0–0
Flamurtari	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1
Luftëtari	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1		2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1
Lushnja	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–0		1–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Skënderbeu	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1
Shkumbini	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Teuta	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0		2–1	4–1	1–2
Tirana	3–0	3–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	7–1	4–0	4–1	4–0		1–0	2–1
Tomori	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–0		0–0
Vllaznia	4–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	6–4	1–0	3–2	3–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Indrit Fortuzi [1]	Tirana	18
2	Vioresin Sinani	Vllaznia	15
	Ilir Qorri	Dinamo Tirana
4	Edi Martini	Luftëtari/Vllaznia	12
5	Edmond Gjata	Tomori	11
	Daniel Xhafa	Dinamo Tirana
7	Artion Poçi	Apolonia	8
	Xhelal Farruku	Besëlidhja
9	Astrit Nexha	Shkumbini	7
	Andi Shtrepi	Skënderbeu/Teuta
	Kliton Cafi	Besëlidhja

Notes

1. Dinamo Tirana and Tirana all shared the Qemal Stafa Stadium as well as the Selman Stërmasi Stadium.